Leaders
Who Is The Man Who Said The "I Have A Dream" speech?
Marther Luther King Jr.
How did the 15th amendment help African Americans?
It gave them the right to vote.
On August 28, 1963 a African American led a march to Washington for jobs and freedom. Who was the African American who led the march?
Martin Luther King Jr.
On December 1, 1955 a African American Women refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. What was the African American's Women Name?
Rosa Parks
Who was Malcolm X?
A African American Leader who who believed that equal rights could only be reached with violence.
Why were Jim Crow Laws made?
Many White people were upset that their once enslaved African Americans were now more or less equal.
On March 7, 1965, an estimated 525 to 600 civil rights marchers headed southeast out of Selma on U.S. Highway 80. What was this day called?
Bloody Sunday
During the civil rights movement things like schools, bathrooms, and restaurants were separated by color. What was this called?
Segregation
Who was the president during the civil rights movement?
Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy
What did the 14th amendment do for African Americans?
It gave African Americans equal Protection under the law.
Some college student took a stand against segregation by going to a Woolworth’s lunch counter, however that was a whites only lunch counter so they were asked to leave what did they do instead?
They refused to leave the lunch counter without being served.
When did the civil rights movement happen?
1954
Who was the director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
Ella Baker
Which Amendment gave you protection against excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishments?
8th Amendment
In 1964 Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded a prize for his dynamic leadership of the Civil Rights movement and steadfast commitment to achieving racial justice through nonviolent action. What prize was he given?
Nobel Peace Prize
When Ruby Bridges entered the newly desegregated elementary school how did a lot of white mothers react?
They went in and took there kids out of the school.
Who invented the freedom riders?
James Farmer Jr.
When was the law made for desegregating school?
1954
On November 22, 1963 what president was assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in a presidential motorcade?
John F. Kennedy
On February 12, 1946 a African American World War II veteran was honorably discharged from the United States Army, hours later he was attacked and blinded while still in uniform by South Carolina Police as he was taking a bus home. Who was the African American?
Isaac Woodard